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The Wildcats are back.
After a 31-30 road win over #11 Oklahoma on Saturday, Kansas State leads the Big 12 with a 3-0 conference record. With a 5-1 overall mark, KSU replaced the Sooners in the 11-spot in both the AP and USA Today Top 25 polls on Sunday. Coming off a pedestrian 8-5 mark in 2013, which followed a pair of AP Top-15 finishes in 2011 (10-3) and 2012 (11-1), the Wildcats have returned to national prominence.
That’s what folks in Manhattan, Kansas, grew accustomed to during Bill Snyder’s first stint as head coach. In 17 years from 1989 through 2005, he led the Wildcats to 10 seasons with at least 9 victories. Under his guidance, KSU reached a bowl game in 11 straight seasons, and gained as many wins (136) as the program had in its previous 54 years. It was that resounding success, after decades as a conference doormat, that prompted Kansas State to coax Snyder out of retirement and return in 2009.
The question is: How are they doing it?